Reception September 2025

We are delighted that you are considering Rudyard Kipling Primary School and Nursery (RKPS) as your child's school for Reception, September 2025. We are a nurturing and dynamic school with the highest academic standards. Our most recent results again place us in the top ten performing schools in the whole of Brighton and Hove.

Our children are taught to love reading from the moment they set foot in our school. Using the 'Power of Reading' approach, we introduce our learners to a rich and diverse selection of texts. Our teachers read to their classes every day and drama is used to bring the texts to life. 96% of last year's Year 6 children achieved the expected standard in reading, the highest of any school in the city. Our children enjoy achieving.

A sporting culture is well-embedded at RKPS and we have school teams in a variety of sports: cricket, rugby, athletics, netball and football.

Nurture is at the heart of all we do here and our three school therapy dogs-Hugo, Buddy and Bailey- play a key part in this. Here at Rudyard, no child is left behind.

We are fortunate to have glorious school grounds here: two sports fields and our own magical Forest School. You won't realise what a wonderful setting until you come and visit: I look forward to showing you around soon.

Euan Hanington-Headteacher

2024 Year 6 SATs Results

	RKPS	LA	National
Reading	96%*	79%	74%
Writing	77%	71%	72%
Maths	73%	72%	73%
Reading, Writing, Maths Combined	69%	60%	61%

*Highest in Brighton & Hove

At Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery, Learning is an Adventure!

Book your tour now!

To start your child's adventure with RKPS, we have a range of tour dates below. To book your tour, simply call us on (01273) 303328.

Tour Date	Time	How to book?
Saturday 3rd October 2024	10am	Call us on (01273) 303328
Wednesday 9th October 2023	9:30am	Call us on (01273) 303328
Thursday 14th November 2024	5:30pm	Call us on (01273) 303328
Wednesday 20th November 2024	9:30am	Call us on (01273) 303328
Wednesday 8th January 2025	9:30am	Call us on (01273) 303328

If you cannot make any of these dates, just let us know.

We also offer a first class early years provision with our school nursery catering for 2-4 years olds. This provides a stable and smooth transition into our Reception classes. For more information regarding our 2 year old class and our preschool (3 & 4 year olds) please visit our Nursery page.

We look forward to meeting you soon. In the meantime, please check out our school video below and our prospectus by clicking here.

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